'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë

I was very excited to read Jane Eyre after enjoying Wuthering Heights so much. I was only a little bit intimidated by the pagecount (659) but from the summary I knew I'd like it. And I did! I like Emily Brontë's style more, but I loved the story and especially the complexity of the characters. I read that people find the pacing slow and especially the beginning, but I wasn't ever bored in the beginning, her childhood felt like a necessary buildup for what was to come.